Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston